News Tagged: Sales Figures
News: Ubisoft: The DS Salad Days Are Over
DS market is in decline, says publisher
There was a time when the Nintendo DS was a pretty sure bet as far as sales were concerned but publisher Ubisoft has gone on the record stating that the DS market is shrinking. The company's UK boss Mark Slaughter had this to say about the sorry situation: Overall, for everybody there is a decline in the DS market in its entirety. So instead of that being a..
News: Dragon Quest IX: 3.5 Million Served
RPG is selling like hot cakes in Japan
Saying that Dragon Quest is popular in Japan is like saying that Americans are rather partial to hamburgers or that Brits like to indulge in a hot cup of tea every now and then.Since going on sale July 14th, Dragon Quest IX - the latest entry in the long-running franchise - has shifted an incredible 3.39 million units.The game is developed by Level-5 and is a..
News: DSi Selling Like Hot Cakes In Europe
One million served since launch
Nintendo has confirmed that its DSi console has shifted a million units since it's European launch at the start of April.It's taken a mere eight weeks for the new hardware to clock up this impressive amount of sales. To put this success into perspective, its predecessor the DS Lite took 13 weeks to hit the same target.Speaking of the DS Lite, the launch of the DSi..
News: Nintendo DS: Over A Million Served In NA During April
The plucky handheld is truly unstoppable
The world's economy might be in the dumps but that hasn't stopped Nintendo from selling hardware like it's going out of fashion.The company's massively successful DS range shifted 1.04 million units in the United States during the month of April.The DSi clocked up 827,000 sales while the older DS Lite scored 215,000. The DS range has now sold 30 million..
News: They Sold a Million: Nintendo's Biggest Titles Revealed
List of top-selling titles puts Sony and Microsoft to shame
We don't need to tell you that the DS and Wii have been pretty damned successful. However, it's always interesting to see numbers that illustrate just how damned successful the two consoles have performed, so here goes (figures are for worldwide sales):Nintendo DSBrain Training - 17.4 millionNew Super Mario Bros. - 18.4 millionMario Kart..
News: Nintendo 2009 Fiscal Year End Figures = Massive Win
The Big N continues to rake in cash, despite the global credit crunch
The world economy may be up a creek without a paddle but Nintendo isn't feeling the pinch all that much. For the financial year ending March 31, 2009, the Kyoto-based video game veteran reported record figures for both sales and operating profit.Sales clocked in at 1.83 trillion yen - a rise of 9 percent from last year. Operating..
News: Hollow Victory for Nintendo as Latest Pokémon Title Tops Japanese Charts
Oh noes! Mystery Dungeon sales down!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky (AKA: Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai) was recently released in Japan and promptly sold 141,000 copies, which equates to around a 30% sell-through. This retail performance was enough to place it at the top of the Japanese multi format games chart. However, when looking at the figures posted by the..
News: Nintendo’s Stock Drops 7.5%
Falling Wii sales to blame
Following the news that Wii sales were 17% down on this point last year, the value of Nintendo’s stock has plummeted by 7.5%.It’s hardly a shocking plunge but considering the general shoddy state of the global economy at present it certainly could have been a lot worse.
News: March NPD - MadWorld Debuts With Sales of 66,000
Sega's latest hardcore Wii title didn't exactly open with the sales many expected.
While MadWorld certainly has received a lot of praise from the media and many gamers, Sega's latest hardcore Wii title didn't exactly open with the sales many expected. The NPD has confirmed that for the month of March, MadWorld managed to sell 66,000 units, a disappointing return for highly-anticipated hardcore..
News: Retail Success Eludes GTA: Chinatown Wars
A case of the right game on the wrong platform?
It might be the highest-rated game in the history of the Nintendo DS, but critical success hasn’t translated into commercial victory for Rockstar’s GTA: Chinatown Wars.The game failed to make the top 10 or 20 best-selling games for the month, and has sold well below the 200,000 copies that Rockstar was hoping for. In fact, only 88,000 copies have..
News: NPD Sales Results for March 2009 - Software/Hardware
With plenty of blockbuster hits released in March, which games managed to come out on top?
Hardware SalesNintendo Wii - 601KNintendo DS - 563KXbox 360 - 330KPlayStation 3 - 218KPSP - 168KPlayStation 2 - 112KSoftware SalesResident Evil 5 (Xbox 360) - 938KPokemon Platinum (Nintendo DS) 805KHalo Wars (Xbox 360) - 639KResident Evil 5 (Playstation 3) - 585KWii Fit (Nintendo Wii) - 541KMLB ‘09: The..
News: Nintendo Ships Hundred Millionth DS System
Nintendo rejoices over a milestone of their greatest hand-held, but it has much more to overcome.
Nintendo’s DS Lite systems have been a true eye-catcher, and it’s showed with over ninety-six million sales around the world as of last year. While one hundred million shipped and ninety-six million sold are very impressive numbers, they still have to pass up the PlayStation 2’s one hundred two..
